St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-05-27

his married life, when he loved his wife
with all the tenderness of which he was
capable, is it possible that he would
change it at the evening of his life?f He
had enough for both his sister and his
wife, and he said SO. He intended to do
what was right and just. | dare Mr..
Wilson to tell me when during his mar
of his death, did he ever tell his
wife he would give her all his
property. There he was, away
from home and in a condition that made
it impossible for a man to dispose of Il
quarter of million dollars worth of
property. | am armed with documents
To prove that Col. n elson never intended
to give his wife all his property. just
how the real will got away l am not
prepared to state, but we all know that
it did exist, and that by it Mrs. Stockton
was to have fair share of Col Nelson's
property. One of the wills made by
Col. Nelson is here in court, and | will
read it to show how it puts to
shame this fraudulent will by which
Mrs. Nelson gets all the property" Here
Senator Voorhees, read the will. dated
three years ago. 1t stated that the wife
was to get only one-half of the property,
in lieu of any dover. Turning to Mr..
Wilson, the senator continued, Mr.. VIII
son, you told Col. Nelson yourself that
i'll case there was no will that the wife
did not get all of the property. Col.
Nelson knew that himself. and if he did
make that last will he was certainly as
crazy as a loon when he made it. This
will / hold in my hand was made when
Col. Nelson was in good health, and the
last one was made when Col. Nelson
was dying, when he was surrounded by
i, ir,grr .s, u
Bass and others. | appeal from the
sick-chamber to the clear air of Mime
apoliS, in Eugene Wilson's law Office,
when Col. Nelson made will that dem
onstrated his sanity and his love for his
sister and her children. The will shows
that in case his wife died before he did
all the property should go to his sister
and her children. He did not intend
that half of his property should not go
to his wife'S relations in case she should
die before he did. Did Anderson Mel
son intend that if his wife married
again his property should go to another
mans children? l say he did not, and
TO man can demonstrate that he did
meant. Col.Nelson never named anyone
but Z. II. MOulton and John Harrington
to be his executors, but Gen. Thorn and
Mr.. Bass did, in this miserable will pre-
scented by the wife. No better will was
ever made than the one made by
Eugene Wilson, when Col. Nelson was
in his right mind. 1t was just and
equitable will and disposed of the prop
erty as was right.
1T has been my lot to visit many in
sane asylumS, and have seen all kinds
Of insanity. There is 10 better evidence
of insanity than to see man become
suspicious toward his own friends and
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and never yet have L known it to fail.
There is not a jury of twelve experts on
insanity in the world who would not tell
you that Col. Nelson was insane when
he made this last will, forgetting ell
tirely his old home at MaySville and his
darling sister, whom he loved so well.
This terrible disease. peuro-pneumOnia
attacked Col. Nelson and made him in
sane in his last days. You all know it,
and dare you say that he was not? When
Col. Nelson left his home for the last
time he told his sister that he did not
want to 90. that he felt like a boy who
was driven to school, His wife
was the one who wanted to go.
son to change his mind and
forget his home and his sister and all
the loved ones? There was nothing.
Instead, he wrote to them kind and low
ing words. and showed in every way
that he still thought of them. If any
body tells me that 1t was true that Col.
Nelson forgot his own blood and left all 4.
his property to strangers, | cannot be-
ieve it, though angels should swear it.
1t is against the eternal fitness of things.
and no man of Col. Nelson's age and
fixed affections would do it.
''AllOw me to show certain dispositions
L, IL, cfI Il ~
son just previous to his death. They
all show that he was dying. Strange
that everyone around the hotel knew
Col. Nelson was dying, and this his wife
and the physician who attended him did
not. Gentlemen, they did know it,
and they knew it in time to get this will
made, too. Dr.. Hopkins, who attended
Col. Nelson, if his statements are true,
was as devoid of learning as the Georgia
major was of clothing, who appeared in
society clad in paper collar and pair
of spurs. | challenge the history of fic-
titiOuS literature to produce anything
equal in CHASTITY horror to Mrs. Nelson's
testimony in regard to Col. Nelson's
condition. Mr.. Wilson tried hard to
prove that the colonel might rally from
a comatos condition, but 1 have
the honor to congratulate Mr.. Nelson On
a magnificent failure. If any one goes
down into the country where Col. Mel
son died, | would advise them to STAY
away until the medical faculty there is
changed. DR.. Hopkins does not know
enough to tell the same story twice in
the same way. OF ali the burlesques l
have ever known, the worst is to take
country doctor and place him Oh the
stand to testify in matters of mental
weakness, when the highest minds in
+1A
will including hundreds of thousands of
such doctor as this, farewell to all
justice in the world. Here we have the
testimony of the most prominent physi-
clans in the country against DR.. Hop
kinS, and l appeal to your common
sense as to which you will believe.
Now the question arises, how did Col.
Nelson come to make this will? Had
Col. Wadsworth been able to finish his
speech he would have told you. AS it
is will have to do it. Col. Nelson never
suggested the making of this will. 1t
is not his will as the law requires will
to be made. To make a true will, it
and not the suggestion of some
one else. According to Gen.
Thorn's own testimony Col. Nelson
had no idea of making a will up to ten
hours before his death. The evidence
shows that Gen. Thorn not only urged
the making of new will, but presumed
to act for Col. Nelson. All the time the
scheming was going on, Mrs. Curtis
says that everyone around the hotel
knew that Col. Nelson was going to die.
1t was a peculiar circumstance that
nothing was said in regard to Col Mel
sons sister, in regard to the payment of
his debts, and other things, but these
things were forgotten by the meddlers
who drew this will
Col. Nelson's will. indeed! This is
the will these people intend to palm off